Abstract
Three genes encoding AfsK, AfsR, AfsS homologues in Streptomyces pristinaespiralis were studied, respectively, to investigate regulatory role of AfsKRS system for pristinamycin biosynthesis. Transcription change and gene inactivation analysis indicated that these genes had active transcription and positive regulation for the improvement of pristinamycin production in S. pristinaespiralis. The analysis of AfsKRS-defective mutagenesis indicated that there might be a positive correlation between the product of afsK and pristinamycin I biosynthesis, and a negative correlation to pristinamycin II biosynthesis. However, both afsR and afsS might have negative correlation to pristinamycin I production and positive correlation to pristinamycin II production. The effects on pristinamycin production of AfsKRS disruptants by protein kinase inhibitor K252a indicated that AfsR, both not AfsK and AfsS, was the inhibition target of K252a in S. pristinaespiralis, and AfsR should serve as a pleiotropic regulator to have differential regulation on biosynthesis of pristinamycin I and II components. Based on above study, it might be deduced that different signal transduction patterns via AfsK, AfsR, AfsS of AfsKRS system should be involved in respective regulation for biosynthesis of pristinamycin I and II in S. pristinaespiralis. In conclusion, the investigation could give some valuable clues for exploring furtherly regulatory function of AfsKRS system in S. pristinaespiralis.
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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 21376217 and No. 81502421), Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo, China (No. 2019A610205), and Industrial Science and Technology Major Project of Ningbo, China (No. 2017C110017).
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Jin, Q., Liao, H., Dou, Y. et al. Functional investigation of AfsKRS regulatory system for pristinamycin biosynthesis in Streptomyces pristinaespiralis. 3 Biotech 11, 418 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13205-021-02933-2
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